Author: Josh Hornbeck

Josh is the founder of Cinema Cocktail, and he is a writer and director, podcaster and critic, and communications and marketing professional living and working in the greater Seattle area.

I Am Not a Witch (2017) | May 19, 2:30 pm

When nine-year-old orphan Shula (Margaret Mulubwa) is accused of witchcraft, she is exiled to a witch camp run by a corrupt and inept government official. Tied to the ground and told that she will turn into a goat if she tries to escape, Shula becomes a star tourist attraction exploited by those around her for financial gain. Soon she is forced to make a difficult decision: resign herself to life at the camp, or risk everything for freedom. – The Criterion Channel

Director: Rungano Nyoni

Cast: Maggie Mulubwa, Nellie Munamonga, Dyna Mufuni

Country: Zambia, United Kingdom

Distributor: Film Movement

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

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Shorts Included

Rungano Nyoni’s award-winning short film Listen, co-directed by Hamy Ramezan, is also available to view on The Criterion Channel by following the link below.

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People’s Republic of Desire (2018) | May 19, 1:00 pm

In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection. They quickly discover the same promises and perils online as in their real lives. – Telescope Film

Director: Hao Wu

Country: China

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Platform: Amazon Prime

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema

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The Big Knife (1955) | May 19, 11:00 am

Hollywood superstar Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) has it all, except for a way out. When he tries to leave show business, his tyrannical studio boss, Stanley Hoff (Steiger), blackmails him with a lethal, covered-up secret that could land him in jail. A loose-lipped starlet (Shelley Winters) also knows too much, and when she starts talking, Hoff plans murder. Now Charlie is more cornered than ever, on the brink of losing his wealth, his power, and his soul. – The Criterion Channel

Director: Robert Aldrich

Cast: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger

Country: United States

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel (Not currently available on platform)

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

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Wake in Fright (1971) | May 19, 12:00 am

When Australian teacher John Grant stops off in the rural town of Yabba, he quickly gets pulled into the dark world of strange, ultra-macho townies who spend their days binge drinking, gambling and hunting kangaroos. For the timid Grant, this starts out as a thrilling release of his id. But after he loses his shirt gambling, Grant struggles to escape the bad luck – or perhaps a conspiracy – that keeps preventing him from leaving Yabba. – Shudder

Director: Ted Kotcheff

Cast: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay

Country: Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Distributor: Image Entertainment

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes

Platform: Shudder

Special Programming: Midnight Movies, Classic Cinema

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They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018) | May 18, 9:15 pm

Actors, crew members and others who were there discuss the tumultuous creation of Orson Welles’s final, unfinished film, The Other Side of the Wind. – Netflix

Director: Morgan Neville

Cast: Orson Welles, Alan Cumming, Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar

Country: United States

Distributor: Netflix

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes

Platform: Netflix

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema, Classic Cinema

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The Other Side of the Wind (2018) | May 18, 5:30 pm

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. – Telescope Film

Director: Orson Welles

Cast: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg

Country: France, Iran, United States

Distributor: Netflix

Rating: R

Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes

Platform: Netflix

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations

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Filmmaker Conversation

The short documentary A Final Cut for Orson can be accessed under the “Additional Videos” section for The Other Side of the Wind on Netflix.

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) | May 18, 3:15 pm

This class-conscious screwball charmer blends vivacious wit with an unapologetic message of working-class solidarity. When he learns that the employees of a department store he owns are planning to unionize, John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn), the richest man in the world, goes undercover as a shoe salesman in order to bring down their plot from the inside. But as he’s won over by selfless salesgirl Mary Jones (Jean Arthur) and her labor-organizer boyfriend (Robert Cummings), the millionaire is gradually transformed from ruthless capitalist to man of the people. – The Criterion Channel

Director: Sam Wood

Cast: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn

Country: United States

Distributor: Olive Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel (Not currently available on platform)

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

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The Whole Town’s Talking (1935) | May 18, 1:00 pm

Edward G. Robinson spoofs his own tough-guy image in this lively gangster farce, one of director John Ford’s rare forays into straight comedy. In a delightful double role, Robinson plays mild-mannered office clerk Arthur Jones, who just happens to look exactly like public enemy number one, the ruthless mobster Killer Mannion, an unfortunate coincidence that leads to serious trouble for both Arthur and his plucky office crush (Jean Arthur). The breakneck pacing and clever script (cowritten by Frank Capra’s regular collaborator Robert Riskin) yields one of the fastest and funniest screwballs of the 1930s. – The Criterion Channel

Director: John Ford

Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur

Country: United States

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel (Not currently available on platform)

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

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Little Fugitive (1953) | May 18, 11:00 am

One of the most influential and enchanting films of the American independent cinema, this charming, stylistically innovative fable poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood. When seven-year-old Joey (Richie Andrusco) is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York’s nether wonderland: Coney Island. Upon and beneath the crowded boardwalk, Joey experiences a day and night filled with adventures and mysteries, captured in a groundbreaking, semidocumentary style that is refreshingly spontaneous and thoroughly delightful. – Criterion Channel

Director: Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Raymond Abrashkin

Cast: Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing

Country: United States

Distributor: Kino Video

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 22 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Family Films, Classic Cinema

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Prevenge (2016) | May 18, 12:30 am

A pitch black, wryly British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Prevenge follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree that’s as funny as it is vicious. It’s her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth’s actions, holding society responsible for the absence of a father. – Shudder

Director: Alice Lowe

Cast: Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan

Country: United Kingdom

Distributor: Shudder

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes

Platform: Shudder

Special Programming: Midnight Movies

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